[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] vmxnet3: Avoid memory leak in vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_setup.

nickcooper-zhangtonghao nic at opencloud.tech
Wed Jan 18 02:37:19 CET 2017


> On Jan 18, 2017, at 4:15 AM, Yong Wang <yongwang at vmware.com> wrote:
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nick Zhang [mailto:nic at opencloud.tech <mailto:nic at opencloud.tech>]
>> Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 7:00 PM
>> To: Yong Wang <yongwang at vmware.com <mailto:yongwang at vmware.com>>
>> Cc: ferruh.yigit at intel.com <mailto:ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org <mailto:dev at dpdk.org>; Nick Zhang <nic at opencloud.tech <mailto:nic at opencloud.tech>>
>> Subject: [PATCH v3 1/4] vmxnet3: Avoid memory leak in
>> vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_setup.
>> 
>> This patch will check the "nb_desc" parameter for rx queue.
>> Rx vmxnet rings length should be between 128-4096.
>> The patch will release the rxq and re-allocation it soon
>> for different "nb_desc".
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nick Zhang <nic at opencloud.tech>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++------------
>> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
>> b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
>> index b109168..e77374f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
>> @@ -926,6 +926,21 @@
>> 
>> 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
>> 
>> +	/* Rx vmxnet rings length should be between 128-4096 */
>> +	if (nb_desc < VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE) {
>> +		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "VMXNET3 Rx Ring Size Min: 128");
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	} else if (nb_desc > VMXNET3_RX_RING_MAX_SIZE) {
>> +		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "VMXNET3 Rx Ring Size Max: 4096");
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* Free memory prior to re-allocation if needed. */
>> +	if (dev->data->rx_queues[queue_idx] != NULL) {
>> +		vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_release(dev->data->rx_queues[queue_idx]);
> 
> Currently vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_release() does not free device ring memory.  As a result, the same device ring memory allocated based on the previous descriptor size will be used and that should also explain why you are observing seg fault with an increased ring size. If you handle the device ring memory free in vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_release(), I think the pre-allocation of ring with max size will not be needed any more.

Yes, we should not free the pre-allocation of ring, but alloc only once ring with max size. I will submit v4.
Thank you.




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